WO1994019922A2 - Procede et appareil de realisation d'operations - Google Patents

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WO1994019922A2
WO1994019922A2 PCT/DK1994/000287 DK9400287W WO9419922A2 WO 1994019922 A2 WO1994019922 A2 WO 1994019922A2 DK 9400287 W DK9400287 W DK 9400287W WO 9419922 A2 WO9419922 A2 WO 9419922A2
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Peter Mosborg Petersen
Jan Alexander Villadsen
Peter Ebbesen
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KRæFTENS BEKæMPELSE
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Priority to DE69426116T priority patent/DE69426116T2/de
Priority to AU71832/94A priority patent/AU696618B2/en
Priority to US08/569,204 priority patent/US5730777A/en
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Priority to JP6519492A priority patent/JPH09503704A/ja
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J21/00—Chambers provided with manipulation devices
    • B25J21/02—Glove-boxes, i.e. chambers in which manipulations are performed by the human hands in gloves built into the chamber walls; Gloves therefor

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  • the invention relates to a method for performing a function or an operation involving a material, in particular a non- gaseo ⁇ s material such as a biological material subjected to a scientific investigation, under a gaseous atmosphere in a closed chamber.
  • a material in particular a non- gaseo ⁇ s material such as a biological material subjected to a scientific investigation
  • the invention also provides a new principle for avoiding pollution by gaseous materials and airborne particles from a substantially closed space, such as a work ⁇ bench or workstation, to the environment, or from the en- vironment to the closed space.
  • the invention also relates to a housing, in particular for housing biological material in a gaseous atmosphere while an operation involving the material is performed, such as a workbench, an incubator, or a workstation comprising one or several incubators in combination with a work space or work ⁇ bench.
  • the invention relates to a garment, in particular a glove comprising a flexible double layered structure de ⁇ fining a space containing a gaseous atmosphere.
  • the invention is applicable in various fields where transfer or gaseous materials from a closed space to the environment or from the environment to a closed space is undesired.
  • incubator walls, workbenches, and other equipment for bio- logical material that make it possible to work with complete ⁇ ly fixed gas parameters during the entire experiments. It would also be highly valuable to have biological stations in which incubators and workbenches are coupled such that all handling of biological material takes place at constant gas partial pressure without any safety hazards such as contami ⁇ nation to or from the surrounding environment.
  • the present invention makes it possible to obtain a protection, not only of the operator himself and against pollution of noxious gases to the envi ⁇ ronment, but also of the processed material against active oxygenating gases.
  • the biological function of all cells are based on the ability of the cells to keep different compartments separated and thereby obtaining different physical environments for the cellular processes. By such separation, the living cell makes it possible to maintain concentrations of constituents which differ from the concentration in the surroundings of the particular compartment.
  • Such fac ⁇ tors which are normally artificially controlled in experimen ⁇ tal use include humidity, acidity, temperature, nutrients, gas components, and gas pressure, total as well as partial gas pressures.
  • the gas phase has been allowed to reflect ambient air, except when carbon dioxide has been added to cultures or living cells to affect the acidity of the system.
  • the partial gas pressure or the molar concentration of gasses in the environ ⁇ ment of the individual cell inside a living organism is different from and has an other composition than that of ambient air.
  • One strategy for establishing a partial pressure of a gas species in a working space is by flushing the working space with the desired gas composition.
  • a higher (positive) total gas pressure or a lower (negative) total pressure is established in the working space compared to the total pressure of the surroundings of the working space.
  • the separation between the working space and the surrounding space is established by means of a wall, the main part of which may be made of a material which is sub- stantially impermeable to gas, but it is almost impossible to seal the working space completely to gases present in the surrounding space because it is normally necessary to manipu ⁇ late the material in the working space, thus necessitating the use of transparent polymeric materials through which many gasses are able to diffuse.
  • various types of lead-ins through the wall such as glove lead-ins and means for gas supply, gas exchange, etc, are needed for a sufficient handl ⁇ ing of the material within the work space, but such lead-ins tend to allow at least a certain mixing of gas present within the working space and gas present in the environment.
  • an isolator wherein an isolated environment at a higher pressure than the ambient environment has a transfer port which comprises a flexible sleeve leading from an opening in the isolator.
  • the purpose of the sleeve is to produce a substantially planar non-turbu ⁇ lent flow in the air leaving the isolator through the opening whereby unsterilized air flowing back to the isolator is avoided.
  • a transfer lock comprising a sealing- ight chamber which is closed by two removable doors, one door connecting the lock to a sealing-tight vessel and the other door connecting the lock to the space outside the vessel.
  • the transfer lock comprises a scavenging air ventila- tion circuit whose output directly supplies the vessel.
  • Another possibility for controlling the oxygen tension in cultures is provided by bioreactors or fermentors where several factors such as oxygen tension, pH and temperature are monitored and controlled by computerized control systems.
  • the replacement of medium is here possible without opening the container.
  • it is impossible to perform more elaborate manipulations of the cells without breaking the insulation and thus the constant environmental conditions (gas molar concentrations) , and thereby expose the cells to the high oxygen tension of ambient air.
  • the present invention relates to a closed space such as a housing which is separated from the environment of the closed space by an intervening space which substantially encloses the closed space and which permits establishing and controlling or maintaining different gas conditions between the closed space and the environment both with respect to the gas composition and gas pressure and with respect to exchange of gas between the interior of the closed space and the environment.
  • the term "substan ⁇ tially encloses” or “substantially enclosing” indicates that the intervening space encloses the closed space substantially completely, and prefererably completely, with the possible exception of areas where the wall of the closed space is of such a character that it in practice is tight for all re ⁇ levant gases under the relevant conditions of use and where, accordingly, the intervening space would not contribute to controlling or maintaining a desired gaseous atmosphere in the closed space in accordance with the principles disclosed herein.
  • gas-tight wall parts would be wall parts made in a construction and of a material which is practically impermeable to gases present in the closed cham- ber or in the surrounding atmosphere. From this it appears that leads, connections or welded part should preferably not be present in such wall parts. It will thus be understood that most leads and connections to and from the inner chamber will necessarily pass through the intervening space enclosing the closed space.
  • the intervening space makes it possible to maintain a given constant gas partial pressure of a gas species in a substan ⁇ tially closed space such as a housing, chamber or container which the intervening space encloses.
  • a substan ⁇ tially closed space such as a housing, chamber or container which the intervening space encloses.
  • the intervening space will normally contain a lower molar concentration (corresponding to a lower partial pres ⁇ sure) of a selected gas species than the molar concentration of the gas species which is desired in the closed space which the intervening space surrounds, and furthermore, the inter ⁇ vening space will normally have a total molar concentration of gas (one or several gas species) which is lower than in both adjacent spaces.
  • the equilibration of one or several selected gas species between the closed space and the sur ⁇ rounding atmosphere normally air
  • the sur ⁇ rounding atmosphere normally air
  • the intervening space is constituted by a double wall pene ⁇ trated by leads between the environment and the inner working space.
  • the intervening space itself may also be equipped with lead-ins and lead-outs for the supply and removal of gas and with means for measuring the content of gases and means for adjusting gas pressures in the intervening space.
  • the inner work space which is substantially enclosed by the intervening space may also be equipped witii means for measuring total gas pressure and/or the partial pressure or concentration of a gas species content and means for adjusting the total gas pressure or the partical pressure or concentration of a gas species, e.g. in response to the measurements by the measur ⁇ ing means, whereby a desired total gas pressure or a desired partial pressure of a selected gas species can be obtained and maintained in the working space.
  • a desired or predetermined partial pressure of a gas species can be maintained in the inner closed space of two spaces which are adjacent to each other except for the intervening space and which have dif ⁇ ferent partial pressures of one or several selected gas species and/or different total gas pressures, and the trans ⁇ fer of gas components, particles or noxious matters, e.g. health damaging matters or other contamination can be avoided between these adjacent spaces.
  • the term "contamination" is to be understood as designating any pollution, particle, gas or organism which is not aimed at or desired to be present in the environment in which it appears (which it contaminates) ) .
  • working space designates the space/room in which an operation (that is, work, experiment and/or incubation, cf. the discussion of the term “operation” below) is carried out, this being, in the cases relevant to the invention, at a particular given or predetermined gas partial pressure or gas composition which is different from the surrounding space or air atmosphere.
  • Re 1) Establishment of a total gas pressure within the inter ⁇ vening space of the double wall which is lower than both the total gas pressure in the work space and the total gas pres ⁇ sure in the surrounding space creates a flow by means of which unwanted particle contamination of both the work space and the surrounding space is avoided, because the particles will be led between the inner part of the double wall of the intervening space towards filters or other suitable means and thereby evacuated from the space; in other words, there will be no direct flow between the two spaces surrounding the intervening space/housing.
  • the partial pressure of a selected gas species within the intervening space of the double wall should preferably - and in most embodiments of the invention: must compulsorily - be kept lower than the gas partial pressure of the gas spe ⁇ cies which is desired in the work space. This is of special importance when the selected gas species is one which is present in the ambient atmosphere at a partial pressure exceeding the desired partial pressure in the working space.
  • One use of the invention is preventing undesired gat, combina ⁇ tions, such as explosive compositions, to occur within a space by separating the space from an outer space by an intervening space and as mentioned above preventing undesired mixing of gases or controlling the ratios of the gas species present in a gas mixture within the working place or in the double wall according to the above principle.
  • gas pres ⁇ sure refers to total gas pressure as well as partial gas pressure of a gas species if not otherwise specified.
  • a partial gas pressure of a gas species is the pressure of the gas species in a gas mixture which the gas species would create if it were the sole gas species present in the same volume as the gas mixture.
  • the total gas pressure of a gas (gas mixture) is the sum of the partial gas pressures of the gas species present in the gas (the gas mixture) .
  • one or several gases is intended to designate one or several gas streams or rather one or more gases from one or more gas supplies, each of which may be provide either a mixture of gas species or a substantially pure gas species; in other words, in the present specification an claims, the term “gas” is distinct from “gas species”.
  • D--_ is the diffusion coefficient for a gas species, e.g., oxygen, in the material which the gas passes through
  • ⁇ C- L is the difference in concentration between the two sides of the wall or barrier
  • ⁇ x is the thickness of the wall or barrier
  • C--_ is the concentration of the gas in one of the spaces.
  • the diffusion coefficient (O ) depends on the material form ⁇ ing the wall or barrier and the gas species crossing the wall or barrier.
  • the concentration difference of the gas species is measured in moles per unit volume on each side of the wall or barrier of a given gas species, ⁇ C . From this, it is clear that the diffusion increases with increasing difference in gas concentration of the selected gas species on each side of the wall or barrier and with a increasing diffusion coef- ficeint.
  • the diffu ⁇ sion constant for the diffusion of a gas species through such a wall can now be subjected to an active adjustment resulting in a reduced diffusion constant when maintaining a low con ⁇ centration of the gas species within the gaseous phase of the wall. Keeping the partial pressure of the gas species lower than the pa cial pressures of the gas species in the spaces which the wall separates contributes to a decreased diffusion of the gas species across the wall.
  • the present invention could also be said to relate t ⁇ a method wherein the diffusion of gasses between a working space and the surroundings such as the ambient atmos- phere is decreased by reducing the diffusion constant (D- j of the gas species through the barrier in order to reduce a gas exchange between a work space and the surroundings of the work space.
  • This diffusion constant is decreased by trans ⁇ forming the barrier to a double wall defining an intervening space from which the gas is removed and thereby preventing the diffusion through the outer part of the wall.
  • a suitable way of ensuring a partial pressure of a selected gas species is by supplying the intervening space with a constant flow of a gas having a partial pressure of the gas species lower than the partial pressure of the gas species that is desired to be established in the work space, espe ⁇ cially when the selected gas species is a gas species which is present in the ambient atmosphere (normally air) at a higher partial pressure.
  • the constantly lower partial pressure of a gas species in the intervening space may be established and/or optimized by means of a suitable gas trap in the wall, e.g.
  • the ' catalyst may be selected from metals belonging to the I-VIII groups, and oxides, nitrides, and halides of the metals as well as lanthanides and acti- nides. Examples of such metals are vanadium, titanium copper, molydenum, wolfram, silicium, osmium, nickel, palladium, platinum and iron.
  • a filtering system In situations where gas is removed from the intervening space (or from other parts of the system in question) , the gas is normally passed through a filtering system before being emitted into the atmosphere.
  • suitable filter systems include systems based on sieving such as bag filters which are normally prepared from, e.g., Goretex ® , Teflon ® , woven glass-fiber, textile cloth, etc..
  • a preferred filter is a filter retaining particles to a degree of at least 95%, preferably at least 97% and more preferably at least 98 or 99% or more.
  • HEPA filters cellulose
  • Other suitable filtering systems include systems based on precipitation, sedimentation or electrostatic deposition.
  • the invention can be expressed as a method for performing, at a particular partial pressure of a selected gas species in a gaseous atmosphere or at a particular total gas pressure of a gaseous atmosphere, an operation involving a material, e.g. a non-gaseous material, comprising perform ⁇ ing the operation in a housing comprising i) first chamber walls defining a first chamber containing a gaseous atmosphere and ii) second chamber walls defining a second chamber substan ⁇ tially enclosing the first chamber, the second chamber con- taining a gaseous atmosphere between said first and second chamber walls, the operation being performed in the said first chamber while
  • the partial pressure of the selected gas species or the total gas pressure in the atmosphere of the second chamber is lower than the partial pressure of the selected gas species or the total gas pressure, respectively, in the gaseous atmosphere in the first chamber
  • the partial gas pressure of the selected gas species or the total gas pressure in the atmosphere of the second cham- ber is lower than the partial pressure of the selected spe ⁇ cies or the total gas pressure, respectively, of the gaseous atmosphere in an adjacent outer third chamber or space.
  • the non-gaseous material on which the operation is performed may be any non-gaseous material, such as a liquid material or a solid material, a suspension of solid material in liquid, etc.; important examples of materials are biological materials or synthetic materials analogous to biological materials, such as proteins produced from recombinant or synthetic DNA. Particularly important biological materials are cells or cell parts or cell components and especially biological material having metabolic activity, such as cell cultures, or bacteria or spores or virus, including as bacteriophages, and components thereof.
  • the operation may be any operation which it is relevant to per- form on the material in question and where the composition or pressure of the gaseous atmosphere contained in the chamber may have an influence on the operation or its result.
  • Typical operations on biological material which may advantageously be performed according to the invention are operations wherein the desired gaseous atmosphere differs considerably from the ambient atmosphere, either with respect to its composition or with respect to the partial pressure of one or more of the gaseous species of the atmosphere, and/or operations where interferences due to airborne material or gas species from the outer atmosphere are undesired, or where pollution of the outer atmosphere by an airborne component in the first cham ⁇ ber, such as pathogenic material, must be avoided.
  • the term "operation" is to be under ⁇ stood in a broad sense and thus includes any interaction with the material in question, whether this is a physical interac ⁇ tion or a chemical interaction, including a biochemical interaction or a biological interaction, as well as culturing cells in a culturing medium or just keeping a material under the gas pressure conditions in question.
  • any kind of operation which takes place in the above-mentioned incuba ⁇ tors, flow benches and workbenches is included.
  • a most important feature of the invention is that it permits physical interaction, including tactile interaction, such as manipulation, with the material.
  • Manipulation can be directly manual by a person via an interface of a glove-like type, such as illustrated in the drawings, or another interface which may or may not have a particular shape or conformation which allows manipulation with the interface interposed between the person and the material to be manipulated.
  • Inter- faces which have special shapes or conformations can be in the shape of more or less complete garments or garment parts, normally including glove parts.
  • the physical, in particular tactile, interaction can also be interaction via a robot or other automated and/or controllable manipulation equipment.
  • one or several gases is intended to mean one or several gas streams or rather one or more gases from one or more gas supplies, each of which may be provide either a mixture of gas species or a substantially pure gas species; in other words, in the present specification an claims, the term “gas” is distinct from “gas species”.
  • the gaseous atmosphere of the outer third chamber or space is the ambient atmosphere, so that the outer wall of the second chamber is the delimitation of the system in question against the ambient atmosphere, e.g. in a laboratory or a factory.
  • While many embodiments may be contemplated in which it is critical that the operation performed in the first chamber is performed -at a particular total gas pressure which may be at atmospheric level or at a higher or lower level, the value of the present invention will often be associated especially with the fact that the invention makes it possible and easy to maintain a particular partial pressure of a selected gas species in the atmosphere of the first chamber, in other words in the atmosphere under which the operation on the material in question is performed. While the most prominent example of this may be the situations where a biological material is to be subjected to an operation at a lower par ⁇ tial pressure of oxygen than in the ambient atmosphere, examples of other gas species the partial pressure of which it is of importance to control with a high precision are nitrogen, carbon dioxide.
  • the particular partial pressure of the selected gas will be independent of the total gas pressure in the first chamber.
  • it may be desired to have a low oxygen partical pres- sure and at the same time a total gas pressure corresponding to atmospheric pressure (in which case one or more gases different from oxygen will contribute with a higher partical pressure, in other words be present in a higher molar concen ⁇ tration, than in atmospheric air) or it may be desired to have both a low partial pressure of oxygen or another selected gas and a low total gas pressure, or there may be cases where it is desired to have a low partial pressure of oxygen or another selected gas and at the same time a total gas pressure which is higher than the atmospheric pressure.
  • one or several gases may be supplied to the first chamber, and the composition and/or flow of the gas or gases supplied may be adapted to provide the particular partial pressure. It will be understood that unless the operation performed in the first chamber or another process performed in the chamber consumes one or several gases, a prerequisite for obtaining and maintaining a particular partial pressure of a selected gas in the first chamber solely by supply of a gas or gases thereto is that there is a diffusion or leakage of gas out of the first chamber, either a diffusion leakage through a gas-permeable wall part, or an active "leakage" in the form of active removal of gas. The various ways in which gas can be removed from the first chamber will be discussed in the following.
  • gas is removed from the second chamber, the composition and/or flow of the gas removed being adapted to provide a particular partial pres- sure of a selected gas in the first chamber or to provide a total pressure in the second chamber lower than the total pressure in the first chamber and/or in an adjacent outer chamber or space.
  • gas diffu ⁇ sion from the first chamber to the second chamber will be the means employed to obtain the low partial pressure of a selected gas species in the first chamber.
  • An important embodiment of the method is according to the invention is where one or several gases is/are supplied to the first chamber, and gas is removed from the second cham ⁇ ber, the composition and/or flow of the gas or gases supplied and the gas removed, respectively, being adapted to provide the particular partial pressure of the selected gas in the first chamber.
  • gas is actively removed from the second chamber, while at the same time (or earlier or later, but preferably substantially at the same time) one or several gases is/are supplied to the first chamber, the interaction between the two chambers in this case being by gas leakage or diffusion through a gas permeable wall part.
  • a higher number of regulation possibilities is had where one or several gases is/are supplied to the first and/or second chamber, and gas is removed from the first and/or second chamber, the composition and flow of the gas or gases sup ⁇ plied and the gas removed, respectively, being adapted to provide the particular partial pressure of the selected gas in the first chamber.
  • the chamber is said to be "flushed" with gas of the composition determined by the composition of the gas stream or streams supplied to the chamber in question.
  • direct removal from the first chamber may nevertheless be a valuable measure in connection with, e.g.: - flushing of the first chamber with a particular gas mixture, where the gas introduced contains a low molar concentration or zero concentration of a gas species which is to be present in a very low concentration in the first chamber, or - chemical and/or catalytical removal of a gas which is to be present in the first chamber in a very low concentra ⁇ tion.
  • Determining the composition of the gas in the first or the second chamber or the partial pressure of the selected gas species in the first or the second chamber provides the possibility of a close control of the regulation of the process and the gas exchange between the first and the second chambers.
  • Such measurement may be performed using, e.g., gas- selective electrodes for determining the partial pressure of a particular gas or other suitable measuring means known per se such as by spectrophotometric means or means using laser, normally combined with total gas pressure measuring means.
  • the measuring means, both the total gas pressure measuring means and the selective gas partial pressure measuring means are suitably connected to regulation equipment such as valves, pumps, etc. so as to obtain a feed-back regulation of the process which may be more or less automated.
  • a desired steady state (maintenance of a desired partial pressure of a selected gas species in the first chamber) may be obtained within a rather short time and maintained with high accuracy, e.g. based on measure ⁇ ments/knowledge of the composition of the gas removed from or present in the second chamber.
  • the removal of gas from the second chamber and optionally from the first chamber is normally performed by means of pumps or other means for evacuation of gas such as electrical evacuation means or suction devices.
  • Another possibility (which would have the advantage that it would avoid electrodes and other equipment that could drift or otherwise give rise to erroneous operation) would be to use conditions with respect to gas partial pressures, flush ⁇ ing, supply and removal of gases, etc. which had been estab- lished, based on a sufficient number of preliminary experi ⁇ ments or runs, to result in the desired gas partial pressure in the inner chamber, possibly combined with the use of some kind of marker function, for example a biological process known to proceed in a particular manner, e.g.
  • a visible or otherwise assessible indication for example using as a marker in the interior chamber or housing a system comprising a liquid which would change colour depending on the oxygen partial pressure, such as and thus merely adapting the conditions so that they correspond to the thus empirical ⁇ ly established values and also that the marker will confirm that the desired partial pressure conditions have been estab ⁇ lished and are kept.
  • the particular partial pressure of a selected gas is a partial pressure which is lower than in the ambient atmosphere
  • one way of maintaining such low partial pressure is to actively remove gas from the second chamber and adapt the composition and/or flow of the gas removed to provide the particular partial pressure of the selected gas in the first chamber.
  • the removal of the gas is adapted so that diffusion between the first and the second chamber (and between the second chamber and the sorrounding atmosphere) tends to secure the particular partial pressure of the selected gas in the first chamber.
  • removal of gas from the second chamber will normally mean suctioning off the gas mixture present in the second chamber by means of an evacuation means such as a suctioning means, e.g. a gas pump
  • embodiments can be envisaged where the removal of gas from the second chamber will selectively remove one gas species, e.g. where carbon dioxide from the first chamber is selectively removed from the atmosphere of the second chamber by chemical reaction with an alkaline substance.
  • Important embodiments of the method of the invention are operations performed on biological materials or analogues thereof at an oxygen pressure which is lower than ambient oxygen partial pressure to investigate, utilize or imitate processes which in nature take place at a low oxygen partial pressure.
  • maintaining a low partial pressure of oxygen of less than 6 kPa was, as men ⁇ tioned above, difficult without very expensive equipment and measures because of the interference from the high oxygen partial pressure of the natural atmosphere.
  • Oxygen partial pressures which are often relevant in this context are oxygen partial pressures in the first chamber of at the most 18 kPa, such as at the most 14 kPa, e.g., at the most 10 ' kPa.
  • oxygen partial pressures in the first chamber is at the most 6 kPa, such as at the most 4 kPa, e.g., at the most 3 kPa or even at the most 2 kPa, such as at the most 1 kPa, e.g., at the most 0.5 kPa.
  • a particularly low partial pressure of a gas such as oxygen, which is present in the ambient atmosphere, it may be of im ⁇ portance to remove gas from both the first chamber and the second chamber, the composition and/or flow of each of the gases removed being adapted to provide the particular partial pressure of the selected gas in the first chamber.
  • the selected gas is a gas which is present in the ambient atmosphere at a partial pressure higher than the predetermined partial pressure of the selected gas species in the first chamber
  • one or several gases will normally be supplied which has/have a lower molar concentration of the selected gas species than the molar concentration corresponding to the predetermined partial pressure of the selected gas species in the first chamber, so that the supply of gas will tend to counteract the tendency for the higher partial pressure of the selected gas in the ambient atmosphere to increase the partial pressure of the selected gas in the first chamber.
  • the most efficient variant of this strategy is, of course, where the gas or gases sup ⁇ plied is/are substantially free from the selected gas spe- cies, and where gas is removed which contains the selected gas species.
  • Another method according to the present invention would be to remove gas from both the first chamber and the second chamber, the composition and/or flow of each of the gases removed being adapted to provide the particular partial pressure of the selected gas (e.g. oxygen) in the first chamber.
  • the selected gas e.g. oxygen
  • one possi ⁇ bility of selectively removing a gas includes incorporation of a catalyst or a reagent in the chamber from which the gas should be removed.
  • the ' selected gas is a gas present in the ambient atmosphere at a partial pressure lower than the predetermined partial pressure of the selected gas species in the first chamber
  • the partial pressure may be counteracted by supplying one or several gasses which has/have a higher molar concentration of the selected gas species than the molar concentration correspon ⁇ ding to the predetermined partial pressure of the selected gas species in the first chamber, in particular by supplying a gas which substantially consists of the selected gas spe ⁇ cies, and by removing gas which has a lower molar concentra ⁇ tion of the selected gas than the molar concentration corre ⁇ sponding to the predetermined partial pressure of the selected gas species in the first chamber.
  • the first chamber walls may comprise a wall part of a material which permits gas leakage between the chambers, and indeed, it will be almost impossible to provide walls which do not permit any gas leakage at all.
  • Typical examples of wall parts which will almost inevitably permit gas leakage are sealings around in- and outlets to each chamber and walls of transparent polymers.
  • the possibilities of leakage are regulated to a higher extent, e.g. by positively providing, as part of the wall in question, a gas-permeable membrane.
  • Such gas-permeable membrane may be a membrane of a material or a combination of materials which permits a controlled flow of gas therethrough, preferably a material or a combination of materials which has known properties with respect to gas permeation, which properties can be utilized for adaption to each particular use, e.g. by adjusting the thickness and/or the area of the membrane.
  • the membrane may of a material or a combination of materials which selectively or preferentially permit diffusion of particular gas species or a particular gas species.
  • gas-permeable membranes suitable for the purpose of the present invention are silicone, zirconium which is especially permeable to hydrogen and which therefore would be of special interest for uses where one of the gasses used to keep e.g.
  • an oxygen partial pressure low is hydrogen (in a molar con ⁇ centration of at the most 10% to avoid risk of explosion) , and polycarbonate which is highly permeable to C0 2 but not to oxygen.
  • plastic materials which facilitate the exchange of oxygen such as the material used for Permanox ® plastic dishes (made by NUNC, Denmark) can provide part of the walls or constitute e.g. the first chamber walls.
  • the material in the first chamber comprises or develops an air ⁇ borne toxic or noxious substance
  • the toxic or noxious substance is substantially prevented from escaping into an adjacent outer third chamber or space by being trapped in the second chamber and removed from the second chamber.
  • gas and/or an airborne material from an adjacent outer third chamber or space is substantially pre ⁇ vented from percolating into the first chamber by being trapped in the second chamber and removed from the second chamber.
  • the removal of the material in question from the second chamber is preferably secured by actively removing gas from the second chamber, e.g. by means of a pump.
  • the present invention can also be said to relate to a housing which by separation of a space from the environment by an intervening space enables the prevention of mixing, exchange or flow of gas or vapour between the two separated spaces including impurities in the gas or vapour in form of suspen ⁇ sions of solids or liquid particles, bacteria, bacteriophages, spores, viruses, radioactive material, and any other airborne component or particle.
  • an embodiment of the invention relates to a housing, in particular for housing material, e.g. a non-gaseous material, while an operation involving the material is performed, the housing comprising first, chamber walls defining a first chamber containing a gaseous atmosphere; and second chamber walls defining, between said first and second chamber walls, a second chamber substantially enclosing the first chamber and containing a second gaseous atmosphere; and means for maintaining a lower total gas pressure or a lower partial pressure of a selected gas species in the second chamber than in the first chamber and in an adjacent outer third chamber or space.
  • the non-gaseous material may be a biological material or a material analogous thereto, including living cells and cell components.
  • the second chamber walls enclosing the first chamber walls and defining a second chamber therebetween are normally only necessary where the wall parts of the first chamber permit escape, diffusion, or leak of gases or airborne particles, in other words, where the wall is of such a character, material or thickness that such escape, diffusion or leak is a possi ⁇ bility, in particular in domains where continuity of the wall material is interrupted, such as where connections are pre ⁇ sent, or where leads pass through the wall.
  • a wall consisting of stainless steel and having a sufficient thickness will be regarded as a gas- tight wall part provided no interruption of the wall is present. Therefore, where such wall structures constitute the walls of the first chamber, an intervening space will not be needed to limit the risk of pollution or contamination of the inner first space or of an adjacent outer third chamber or space or to control gas partial pressures in the first cham- ber. Thus, for such wall parts which are to be considered gas-tight i relation to the intended purpose, there will either not be a double wall, or the first and second chamber walls are allowed to merge to a single wall. This means that for many purposes, the intervening space or second chamber will only be present around connections or leads, e.g.
  • the second cham ⁇ ber may be constituted by a multitude or intervenings spaces which may be interconnected or not.
  • the housing according to the invention normally comprises second chamber walls en ⁇ closing the first chamber walls completely except where inlets and outlets are extending through the chamber.
  • the housing according to the invention may be produced of any material known from the production of incubators and working benches such as stainless steel, butyl rubber, hardened glass, ceramic composite materials, special polymers, acrylic glass, carbon/Si ceramics, PVC, polycarbonate, polyethylene or other suitable materials. Materials not reacting with the gasses to be used and materials which can be cleaned and are resistant to disinfectants are preferred. Especially when operating with anaesthetic gases such as halothane, it should be noted that most metals are corroded and materials such as polyethylene are preferred. For cleaning compositions such as ethanol, acetone, chlor, ozone gas, Corsolin, Deconex, etc., may be used.
  • Ozone gas may be provided within each of the chambers by flushing the chamber with oxygen and irradiate by ultraviolet radiation whereby the oxygen is converted to ozone gas.
  • An important embodiment of the housing according to the invention relates to a housing wherein the opposite parts of the walls are flexible allowing manipulation of or operating material or objects within the inner space from a position outside the second chamber walls. Depending on the degree of the flexibility and the area of the flexible parts of the walls, the possible manipulation varies from pressing buttons placed close to the flexible wall parts to a detailed manipu ⁇ lation by use of flexible wall parts protruding into the first chamber
  • the flexible wall parts are glove shaped, and more preferred, the flexible glove shaped wall parts are prevented from collapsing against each other as a result of a lower total pressure within the second chamber than within the first chamber and the outer adjacent chamber or space, by separating the double layered gloves by means of a non-collapsible structure or framework forming a skeleton between the wall parts without interrupting or preventing flow of gas between the corresponding glove shaped wall parts.
  • a non-collapsible structure or framework forming a skeleton between the wall parts without interrupting or preventing flow of gas between the corresponding glove shaped wall parts.
  • Examples of such a structure is grids, net-woven or knitted material, materials structured as communicating cells or lamellas or any other structure which is able to prevent collapse of the wall parts at the gas pressures present without preventing flow of gas between the glove shaped wall parts.
  • Suitable materials are rubber, plastic, metals, and natural as well as synthetic fibers.
  • the glove shaped part of the first and second chamber walls may be made of a material which have gas selective pro ⁇ perties.
  • transparent wall parts are desir ⁇ able.
  • substan ⁇ tially opposite walls part are performed in a transparent material such as plexiglass, plastic materials, glass, etc. It is normally desired to keep the housing as tight as pos ⁇ sible except for possible intended gas-permeable membranes, therefore the leads to or from the walls of the housing as well as other means connected to the walls are preferably closely or sealingly connected to the relevant wall parts.
  • air locks or ports constituted by releaseable mutually opposite wall parts may be present.
  • the ports can be placed wherever suitable, including in transparent parts of the walls. In case of a workbench the ports are preferably placed in the front walls or in the side walls.
  • the second space corresponding to the releaseable wall parts is broadened to allow temporary storing of the object or material during the insertion or removal procedure to prevent a direct communication between the first chamber and the adjacent third chamber or space.
  • the size of the volume of the intervening second chamber will preferably vary and should be adapted to enable exchange or renewing of the gas species in question at a suitable velocity.
  • the depth of the space of the inner wall should be 1-1000 mm such as 2-350 mm e.g. 2-200. In many embodiments of normal workbenches or workstations according to the invention, the depth should be 2-20 mm.
  • the second chamber consti ⁇ tutes a volume which substantially allows laminar flow of the gas contained therein.
  • the ratio between the volume of the second chamber and the volume of the first chamber is in the range of 1:0.1-1: 1,000,000 such as 1:0.1-1:1000 such as 1:1-1:300, e.g. 1:10- 1:100.
  • An important property of the housing according to the inven ⁇ tion is to avoid pollution or contamination of the environ ⁇ ment. In most situations, it is undesirable that airborne pathogenic material escapes to or is emitted to the atmos- phere, especially when the material is virus and/or gene manipulated biological material.
  • the intervening space constitutes a specific advantage by trap ⁇ ping airborne material escaped from the inner chamber of the housing and thereby making it easy to expose the material to factors decreasing the risk of emitting such biological active material, e.g. by exposing the gaseous atmosphere in the second chamber to radiation or by flushing the chamber with a neutralizing agens.
  • the housing may comprise means for supplying gas into the first and/or second chamber and/or means for removal of gas from the first and/or second chamber as well as control means and means for measurering and controlling the flow and compositon of the supply and removal of gas to and from the chambers.
  • the means according to the housing for maintaining a difference in gas pressures may comprise means for control ⁇ ling gas flow through gas inlets and/or outlets and may further comprise means for remotely controlling valves con ⁇ nected to the gas supply and gas removal.
  • the valves are normally one way valves but more ways may be preferred when different gases are supplied to the valve.
  • the means for removing a gas species may include means for chemical conver ⁇ sion of a gas, e.g., a catalyst, and such means may be pro ⁇ vided in the first and/or the second chamber.
  • the housing may further comprise alarm means indicating or reacting to, inter alia, a gas composition measured in a range or at level exceeding a predetermined limit including reacting on the presence of a gas species, reacting on any other suitable parameter such as humidity, temperature, etc, .
  • a still further aspect of the invention relates to a garment, in particular a glove, comprising a double layered flexible material comprising a first layer of a first flexible material and a second layer of a second flexible material, the first and second layer defining a space therebetween containing a gaseous atmosphere and means for maintaining a lower total pressure or a lower partial pressure of a selected gas species within the inner space defined by the first and second layers compared to the outer space of the garment, and the inner space comprising a third flexible material being a material which prevents the first and second layer from collapsing against each other.
  • the garment may also form part of the flexible wall parts of the housing according to the invention and the gloves may be in conti- nuity with a suit or clothing.
  • the invention relates to a cover for collecting a gas, gases or an airborne material
  • a cover for collecting a gas, gases or an airborne material comprising a double layered flexible material comprising a first layer of a first flexible material and a second layer of a second flexible material, the first and second layer defining a space con ⁇ taining a gaseous atmosphere and means for maintaining a lower total pressure or a lower partial pressure of a selected gas species within the inner space defined by the first and second layers compared to the outer space of the cover, and the inner space comprising a third flexible material between the first and second material being a material which prevents the first and second layers from collapsing, the cover being able to enclose a object or part of a object from which gas or an airborne material should be collected or to which it should be protected from such gas, gases or airborne materials
  • the interior material within the space defined by the first and second layer of the cover or garment may be any material which ensures that the cover is sufficiently flexible, that the necessary air flux or air exchange can take place within the cover, and that the two surfaces of the cover will not collapse against each other, and may be any material having properties suitable therefor, but it is anticipated that the most valuable material will be a fibrous material, either randomly arranged fibers or fibers arranged in a pattern or as a non-woven or woven or knitted structure, or a flexible material such as flexible gum, elastomer, rubber, plastic, etc., with an open cell structure.
  • first and second layer of the garment or cover may be selected so that the layer directed against the object to be covered is a layer which allows flow of gas, gases or airborne material into the inner space of the garment or cover, and the layer directed against the environment is a layer which is substantially tight for the gas, gases or airborne material in question.
  • both layers are preferable constituted by a material which is substantially tight for the gas or material in question.
  • the cover is useful for local protection of connections such as leads through otherwise gas-tight walls but has many other applications as a result of the flexible material which allows shaping the cover to nearly any shape of the specific object or part of a object which is to be operated or pro- tected from transfer of gas of gases or airborne material to or from the environment.
  • the double layered structure of the cover will not be able to be shaped so that it completely corresponds with the shape of the object to be covered whereby the inner layer and the surface of the object are not densely connected. This may contribute to the forma ⁇ tion of one or more additional intervening spaces between the surface or the object and the layer of the cover which is closest to the object.
  • intervening spaces do not inter ⁇ fere with the principle according to invention so far that such spaces are not in connection with the environment.
  • such "passive" intervening spaces could be considered part of the wall between the first chamber and the second chamber, the wall then being constituted by the outer wall of the first chamber, the intervening space and the surface of the flex- ible cover facing the first chamber.
  • the wall between the first and the second chamber will merely consist of the wall of the first chamber and the surface of the flexible cover facing the first chamber.
  • the cover is anticipated to be very useful for situations where a gas is flushed through the cover, the composition of the gas being such that it has a lower partial pressure of a gas species which is to have a low partial pressure in the first chamber around which the cover is arranged.
  • Another evident utility of the cover is where the flushing is with e.g. atmospheric air, but where the total gas pressure in the cover is lower than in the first chamber which the cover is to enclose, the cover thereby, e.g., being very useful for removing noxious gases or airborne undesired particles.
  • one embodiment of such a cover would be an exterior hose to be arranged around e.g. hoses or tubes, conduct materials which, if the materials or components thereof would escape to the atmosphere, would prelude the atmosphere or would constitute a health danger, for example tubes or hoses conducting anaesthetic gases.
  • the means for maintaining a lower total pressure or a lower partial pressure of a selected gas species in the space defined by the first and second layers of the garment or cover may be of the same kind and may function in the same way as described above for the housing according to the invention.
  • the cover is in fact constituted by first and second chamber walls as described for the housing.
  • the flexibility of the layers of the cover allows the cover to define a space corresponding to the first chamber of the housing. According- ly, the first layer corresponds whit the first chamber walls and the second layer whit the second chamber walls.
  • the space defined between the first and second layers corresponds with the second chamber.
  • the cover corresponds with a housing according to the invention wherein the walls are flexible except that the layers/walls of the cover are con ⁇ nected to each other.
  • one embodiment could comprise the cover in fact in itself constituting both first and second chambers as described for the housing, because the flexibility of the layers of the cover would allow the cover to be arranged in a configuration where it defines a space corresponding to the first chamber of the housing, where the first layer of the cover would correspond to the first chamber walls and the second, exterior, layer of the cover would correspond to the second chamber walls, this requiring, of course, that the cover when arranged in the configuration in question, is closed sealingly where the parts thereof meet, and, in accor ⁇ dance with the principle of the invention, should then be protected by another second chamber covering the sealing (because the sealing would constitute a single wall) , how ⁇ ever, for most practical purposes the flexible cover will constitute only the second chamber such as explained above, and the flexibility of the cover will be utilized to arrange the cover at the places of the walls of the first chamber where a second chamber is needed, the cover thus being a sort of a flexible "manifold".
  • a very interesting embodiment would be a garment or clothing where the first chamber would be constituted by a person, for example a diver as explained in more details below. It is evident that the first and the second materials of the cover could be identical, but as mentioned above, in many cases it would be advantageous to have the surface which is to face the first chamber more permeable to gas or to a specific gas than the exterior layer.
  • Fig. 1 shows a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a work ⁇ bench according to the invention wherein a housing comprising inner first chamber walls 1 encloses a first chamber 2 con- taining a gaseous atmosphere.
  • the first chamber walls 1 are surrounded by second chamber walls 3 defining a second cham ⁇ ber 4 containing a gaseous atmosphere and substantially enclosing the first chamber 2.
  • the first and second chamber walls define a continuous space not interrupted by means for manipulation of a material within the first chamber 2 as indicated by glove shaped parts of the first and second chamber walls 5.
  • the glove shaped wall parts 5 consist of a double-layered glove pair wherein the outer layer is in continuous connection or is sealingly connected to the first chamber walls 1 and an inner layer of the gloves in con ⁇ tinuous connection or sealingly connected to the second chamber walls 3.
  • the gaseous atmosphere in the first chamber 2 is maintained and/or regulated partly by gas supply means and partly by means for removing gas, the supply means comprises a gas inlet 6 extending through the second chamber walls 3 and through the second chamber 4 without corresponding with the second chamber.
  • Gas from a central gas supply 7 and/or gas connected to separate gas supply means such as a gas bottle 8 allows admission of gas to the first chamber and control of the composition of the gas supplied.
  • the flow of the supplied gas is measured by gas flow measuring means 9 such as a gas- meter which is connected to a central control unit 10 adapted for receiving data from measuring means.
  • the supply of gas or gas species to the first chamber is further controlled by the valve 11 e.g.
  • Means for removing gas from the first chamber 2 comprises a gas outlet 12 extending through the second chamber 4 without corresponding with the chamber and through the second chamber walls 3.
  • the flow of the gas removed is measured by the flow measuring means 13 such as a gas-meter which is connected to the control unit 10 allowing feed-back regulation (not shown) of the valve 14 for gas removal, e.g. a pneumatic valve or a solenoid valve.
  • the removed gas can be recycled back to the first chamber as shown with dotted lines 15 of the diagram.
  • the gas from the second chamber may be recycled.
  • the gas for recycling may be passed through a compressor 34 and/or a filter for removing undesired gas species or other components (not shown) .
  • the gaseous atmosphere of the second chamber 4 is maintained and/or regulated partly by gas supply means and partly by means for removing gas, the gas supply means com- prises a gas inlet 17 extending through the second chamber walls 3 and corresponds with the second chamber.
  • Gas from a central gas supply 18 and/or gas connected to separate gas supply means such as a gas bottle 19 allows admission of gas to the second chamber and control of the composition of the gas supplied.
  • the flow of the gas supplied to the second chamber 4 is measured by gas flow measuring means 20 such as a gas-meter which may be connected to a central control unit 10.
  • the supply of gas to the second chamber is further con ⁇ trolled by the gas supply valve 21 e.g.
  • Means for removing gas from the second chamber 4 comprises a gas outlet 22 extending through the second chamber walls 3 and the flow of the gas removed is measured by the gas flow measuring means 23 such as a gas-meter which is connected to the con ⁇ trol unit 10 allowing feed-back regulation (not shown but indicated by arrows) of the valve 24 for gas removal, e.g. a pneumatic valve or a solenoid valve.
  • the composi ⁇ tion of the gases removed may be measured whereby a close control of the gas exchange between the first and the second chamber can be calculated and a desired steady state (main ⁇ taining of a desired partial pressure of a selected gas) may be obtained within a short period by adapting the supply and removal of gases in relation to the gas exchange between the chambers.
  • the removal of gas from the first and second cham ⁇ bers is normally performed by means of pumps or other suction devices (not shown) which may be connected to the control unit 10.
  • control unit 10 is connected to gas mea ⁇ suring means such as gas electrodes or other electrochemical measuring electrode devices for measuring the partial pres- sure for one or more gas species e.g. 0 2 within the first chamber 2 as indicated by the means 16 and 25 and for mea ⁇ suring the total gas pressure as indicated by the means 26.
  • gas mea ⁇ suring means such as gas electrodes or other electrochemical measuring electrode devices for measuring the partial pres- sure for one or more gas species e.g. 0 2 within the first chamber 2 as indicated by the means 16 and 25 and for mea ⁇ suring the total gas pressure as indicated by the means 26.
  • similar means for measuring the total gas pres ⁇ sure of the gas and/or for measuring the partial pressure for one or more gas species in the second chamber is indicated by the means 27 and for the outer third chamber or space 50.
  • the measuring means allows appropriate regulation and thereby controlling the partial pressures and/or the total pressure of a selected gas species or gas, respectively, present in the first chamber by adapting, based on the results of the measured values, the supply and/or removal of gas or gas species to or from the first and second chamber and a lower gas pressure or partial pressure of a selected gas in the second chamber than in the first chamber and than in an adjacent outer third chamber or space can be maintained.
  • the regulation and maintenance of a lower partial or total pres ⁇ sure in the second chamber of the selected gas species or gas, respectively, are furthermore aided by transmitting and/or storing the data in a computer unit 51 connected to the central control unit allowing calculation and input of possible relevant data for working a controlled regulatory feed-back system such as by operations on the valves 11, 14, 21 and 24 for increasing or decreasing the gas flow though the valves.
  • the feed-back regulation is indicated by arrows 28 from the control unit 10 and by arrows on the respective valves.
  • the control unit 10 may also be connected to alarm means 29 which may be of audio and/or visional aids for indication of any undesired condition related to the work ⁇ bench, e.g., increasing partial or total pressure of a gas species or gas in the second chamber.
  • the alarm system is preferably connected to compensatory systems for the gas supply and removal to counteract an undesired condition detected by the alarm system.
  • the control unit can be connected to a display 30, e.g. showing the gas pres ⁇ sure in the first chamber and/or second chamber.
  • the control unit may also be connected to other means e.g. illumination systems 32 (ultraviolet radiation should be avoided when risk for explosive gas composition) and to detective means e.g. for detecting radioactivity.
  • a further regulation of gas supply may be by operating gas compressors 32, 33, and 34 connected to the gas supply means 6 and 17.
  • the control of the compressors may also be connected to the control unit 10 (as indicated by arrows) .
  • the measuring means described above as 24, 25, 26, and 27 may further comprise sensors detecting the presence of a specific gas species.
  • the control unit may be such a unit which is able to receive and transform signals in any appropriate way such as physical, electrical and electrochemical signals and receive and trans ⁇ mit radio signals, enabling maintenance of a desired gaseous atmosphere in the first and/or second chambers.
  • the gaseous atmosphere of the second chamber comprises, in addition to the gas supplied, gas and airborne material percolated into the second chamber from the adjacent chambers or spaces and is therefore preferably filtered for noxious material or gases by a filtering system 35 before the waste gas or airborne material is emitted to the environment.
  • Fig 2 shows an embodiment of a workbench according to the invention wherein a housing for operating objects and material in a first chamber 2 is shown.
  • Opposite transparent parts of the inner chamber walls 1 and of the outer second chamber walls 3 as described in Fig. 1 allow view to the inner part of the first chamber 2 and to the flexible glove shaped part of the first chamber walls 5 protruding into the first chamber 2 as described in Fig. 1.
  • the glove shaped part of the second chamber walls fits sub ⁇ stantially into the corresponding glove shaped part of the first walls resulting in two-layered gloves protruding into the inner chamber whereby manipulation of objects or material in the workbench from a position outside the bench is made possible through the glove cuffs 36 and 37.
  • Inserting objects into the workbench is performed through releaseable wall parts such as illustrated by 38 showing a releaseable wall part of the second walls, which allows entrance into the second chamber defined between and separated by the inner first chamber walls and the outer second chamber walls of the bench as illustrated in Fig. 1.
  • Objects may be inserted into the workbench in a two-step procedure by 1) placing the object in the second chamber through a releaseable wall part
  • the releaseable wall part 38 whereafter the releaseable wall part 38 is closed and the insertion procedure continued from the inside of the chamber by use of the flexible glove shaped wall parts 5, and 2) opening a releaseable wall part of the inner walls 39 (indi ⁇ cated by dotted lines) opposite to the releaseable wall part 38.
  • the second chamber can be flushed with a desired predetermined gas composition to avoid undesirable fluctuations of gas compositions and/or gas pressures within the first chamber. Accordingly, direct communication between the inner work space and the adjacent space or atmosphere is avoided.
  • a procedure parallel hereto but in the opposite direction can be used for discharging objects from the first chamber.
  • FIG. 39 prevents a direct exchange of gas and airborne material between the first chamber and an adjacent outer third chamber or space through the releaseable parts.
  • Display means e.g. for showing pressure in the second chamber, is illustrated by 30 and means for auditive alarm is illustrated by 29.
  • Fig 3 shows a cross section of an embodiment of a workbench as shown in Fig. 2 having a housing comprising inner first chamber walls 1 enclosing a first chamber 2.
  • the first cham ⁇ ber walls 1 are surrounded by second chamber walls 3 defining a second chamber 4 therebetween.
  • Parts of the first chamber walls 1 consist of flexible glove shaped wall parts 40 pro ⁇ truding into the first chamber 2, the glove shaped parts being continuously or sealingly connected to the non-protrud ⁇ ing parts of the walls as illustrated by 41.
  • Wall parts of the second chamber walls 4 opposite to the glove shaped parts of the first chamber walls 40 are similarly consisting of flexible glove shaped wall parts 42 also protruding into the second chamber and substantially fitting into the correspon ⁇ ding glove shaped part of the first chamber walls defining double-layered gloves 5.
  • the glove shaped parts of the second chamber walls being continuously or sealingly connected to the non-protruding parts of the second chamber walls as illustrated by 43.
  • the resulting double-layered flexible glove shaped wall parts 5 allow manipulation of means or objects within the first chamber from a position outside the second chamber walls without interrupting or limiting the continuation of the second chamber 4 which substantially encloses the first chamber.
  • To prevent collapse of the flex ⁇ ible glove shaped parts e.g.
  • the two opposite glove parts are separated by means of a non-collaps ⁇ ible structure or framework forming a skeleton between the wall parts without interrupting or preventing flow of gas between the wall parts.
  • a non-collaps ⁇ ible structure or framework forming a skeleton between the wall parts without interrupting or preventing flow of gas between the wall parts.
  • Examples of such a structure are grids, net-woven or knitted materials, fiber materials, communicating cells or lamellas or any other structure which is able to prevent collapse of the wall parts against each other without preventing flow of gas between the gloves shaped wall parts.
  • Suitable materials for establishing said structure include rubber, metal, plastic, and natural as well as synthetic fibers.
  • substantially opposite parts of the first and second chamber walls 44 and 45, respectively, are performed of a transparent material and are continuously or sealingly connected to the first and second chamber walls, 1 and 3, respectively. From the figure, it appears that the first and second chamber walls define one continuously co ⁇ herent second chamber 4 which substantially encloses the first chamber except where inlets and/or outlets extend through the chamber.
  • a gas inlet 6 to the first chamber is shown which is prevented from communicating with the second chamber.
  • a gas inlet to the second chamber for supply of gas is shown by the means 17. and similar connections for removal of gas from the first and second chamber (not illustrated) are in accordance with the invention.
  • an outer releaseable wall part 38 is shown, and means for a display 30 and plug means 46 are also shown.
  • Oxygen is basic to the metabolism of a wide range of living organisms. Among the multicellular animals, most have an internal oxygen tension lower than the 20.1 Kilo Pascal (kPa) of ambient air at sea level. Take man as an example. Only the living cells of the lungs alveoli receive their main oxygen supply at a partial pressure near that in ambient air. In most of the body tissue, the mean tension of the dissolved oxygen is about 6 kPa and in the fetus even a bit lower.
  • kPa 20.1 Kilo Pascal
  • Oxygen is used throughout the body in energy generating chemical processes, which ultimately results in prediction of high-energy phosphate bonds and an excreting of carbon di ⁇ oxide. Most of the oxygen is by far used for energy produc- tion in the cell organelles named mitochondria.
  • the reaction constants for the key processes e.g. oxidative phosphorylation
  • oxygen production may go on unimpededly at oxygen tensions below l/10th of physiologi- cal levels provided that there is a free access to oxygen. This might suggest that it is of little consequence at which oxygen concentration human cells are studies, the only demand is that p0 2 is above 1 kPa.
  • recent work in Denmark, Norway and the United States has clearly displayed that other cellular characteristics important for normal functions and for disease process differ at different oxygen tensions between 20 kPa and almost anoxia, thus, in the tension range where the mitochondrial energy production is unaffected.
  • the total pressure of the outer space P 3 (the environment) is 101 kPa and composed or the following partial pressures of: 20 kPa 0 2 , 0.003 kPa C0 2 , 3 kPa H 2 0, and 78 kPa N 2 ; and if the work space is filled with a gas composition of 2 kPa 0 2 , 5 kPa C0 2 , 5 kPa H 2 0, and 89 kPa N 2 , i.e.
  • the composition of the gas flushing the inner space of the double wall could be composed of 91 kPa N 2 and 5 kPa 0 2 which gives a total pressure in the double wall P 2 of 96 kPa, which is less than the total pres ⁇ sure in the work space.
  • the diffusion of oxygen always takes place from the work space to the inner space of the double wall, and the oxygen concentration of the work space will therefore always be kept at 2.
  • Volatile general anaesthetics are known to be harmful to the health of the people working in the environment of the equip ⁇ ment and of the patients subjected to the anaesthetics. Therefore, in situations where volatile general anaesthetics such as nitrous oxide, chloroform, diethyl ether, isoflurane, enflurane, methoxyflurane and halothane or other halogenated anaesthetics are used the principle of the present invention can be applied both with respect to the equipment supplying the gases and to the chamber in which the operation on the pation is performed.
  • the subject for the anaes ⁇ thesia may be enclosed completely or partly enclosed in a housing according to the invention.
  • the housing according to the invention comprising a double wall could be applied in a suitable manner to the pressure chambers to improve the known technology to the benefit of the diver's health.
  • a more common complication is necrosis capitis femoris for divers supposedly caused by multiple decompressions.
  • a double-wall clothing enclosing gas permeable contact with the divers body could be applied (cf. the principle of the gloves above), the intervening space generated in the clothing being flushed with a gas mixture having a partial pressure of nitrogen (and a total pressure adapted to the situation in the diver) adapted to ensure that there will be a positive flux of nitrogen from the diver's body into the intervening space but at a regu- lated rate which could be established by measuring equipment constantly measuring or monitoring the total pressure and regulating the gas partial pressure in the intervening space accordingly so that a balanced difusion of dissolved nitrogen would occur, counteracting any precipition of air bubble embolia.
  • the wel ⁇ ding process should preferably be performed by the method according to the present invention.
  • radon dif ⁇ fuses from the earth crust leaving high concentrations of argon or radon in the cellars of buildings. This could also contribute to an increase in frequency of lung cancer such as small cell lung carcinomas seen in these countries.
  • the exposure to radon and argon arising from the cellars of buildings could be decreased by creating a housing according to the invention with an intervening space substantially enclosing the chambers to be protected or the double wall could also be placed beneath the floors on buildings where high concentrations of such gases are present and thereby function as a gas collector between the floors, preferably beneath the cellar of the building. Exposure to argon can also be decreased in a similar way.
  • releaseable wall part 40 glove shaped parts of the first chamber walls

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Procédé de réalisation d'une fonction ou d'une opération mettant en ÷uvre une matière, notamment une matière non gazeuse telle qu'une matière biologique subissant un examen scientifique, dans un milieu gazeux à l'intérieur d'une chambre fermée. Selon le procédé, on réalise l'opération dans un appareil comportant (i) des premières parois (1) délimitant une première chambre (2) renfermant un milieu gazeux, et (ii) des deuxièmes parois (3) délimitant une deuxième chambre (4) renfermant sensiblement la première, cette deuxième chambre renfermant un milieu gazeux entre lesdites premières et secondes parois. Pendant la réalisation de l'opération dans ladite première chambre, (a) la pression partielle de l'espèce gazeuse choisie ou la pression totale du milieu gazeux dans la deuxième chambre est inférieure respectivement à la pression partielle de l'espèce gazeuse choisie ou à la pression totale du gaz dans le milieu gazeux situé dans la première chambre; et (b) la pression partielle de l'espèce gazeuse choisie ou la pression totale du milieu gazeux dans la deuxième chambre est inférieure respectivement à la pression partielle de l'espèce choisie ou à la pression totale du gaz dans le milieu gazeux situé dans une troisième chambre extérieure et voisine ou dans un troisième volume extérieur et voisin. On a également prévu l'appareil de réalisation de l'opération précitée.
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